Obama’s Afghanistan Strategy
Posted by Jim Harper
It’s a big week ahead. Along with the Senate beginning formal debate on health care legislation, the President will announce his new strategy for Afghanistan on Tuesday. The big quote being circulated is that he will “finish the job.”
According to this Reuters report, the centerpiece of the strategy will be deployment of about 30,000 [...]
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Empowered Women in Afghanistan – and a Pony
Posted by Jim Harper
There’s no higher goal than empowering women so they can live with equal status to men the world over, but that’s easier said than done.
H.R. 2214 is a bill “to empower women in Afghanistan.” If you think that the U.S. Congress can pass laws to make something like that happen, you’ve got [...]
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